Content

Teaching and Learning Activities

Resources for Students

• Understanding of the achievement of the eight-hour day and the concept of ‘work-life balance’

2a: Work and Recreation in the 1850s

• Students consider the impact of extended school hours to their sleep and leisure time.

Handout 

• 24-hour Table

Other

• whiteboard
• computers
• Microsoft Publisher
• Microsoft Excel

• Exploring the key figures and milestones of the Eight-hour Day movement

2b: The Eight-hour Day movement 

• Using online resources students answer questions about the Eight-hour Day movement. Students collect, organise and present their information using Museum Box website tools.
• Using computer software students create an animated version of the eight-hour day story.

• Students create an interactive multimedia timeline highlighting the key milestones of the Eight-hour Day movement, using an online Timeline creator.

• Using the categories of injustice, action and result students complete an ‘Eight-hour Day movement’ matrix to analyse the cause and effect relationship of the Eight-hour Day movement.

Handouts

• The Eight-hour Day Men
• Key Milestones
• Eight-hour Day Movement Matrix
• Storyboard Proforma

e Resources

• Museum Box

Provides the tools for students to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. You can display anything from a text file to a movie. 

• Timeline Creator

Provides an online timeline creator which allows the inclusion of graphics and multimedia elements.

• Eight Hour Day

Includes descriptions of the eight hour day movement, images, links and resources.

• State Library of Victoria

Includes descriptions and images of trade union banners.

• Museum Victoria
  • Trade union banners
  • Eight-hour Day medal
  • Winning the eight-hour day – Education kits 

These Museum Victoria websites include descriptions of the Eight-hour Day movement, links to further resources and particular information on Trade Union banners and medals.

• National Library of Australia – digital collection

Provides a link to an image of an eight-hour day procession in 1902.

• Picture Australia

Provides a large array of images relating to the Eight-hour Day movement.

• Learning Objects (See teacher notes for details regarding access)
  • Eight-hour day commemorative medallion TLF ID R3692 
  • 1864 Eight-hour day demonstration TLF ID R2799

Other

• animation software, such as Pivot or Kahootz

•  The symbols and celebrations of the Eight-hour Day movement

2c: Symbols and Celebrations

• Using online resources students view and discuss concepts of symbols and images in relation to trade union banners, badges, ribbons and medals.  
• Students complete one of the following design tasks related to the Eight-hour Day movement.

  • Design a motif for the Eight-hour Day campaign

  • Design a banner for an occupation to use in a procession campaign

  • Design a poster to educate others about the Eight-hour Day campaign

     

e Resources

• Museum Box
• Eight Hour Day website
• State Library of Victoria
• National Library of Australia – digital collection 
• Picture Australia
• Trade Union Banners
• Eight-hour Day medal
• Winning the eight hour day
• Learning Objects
  
  • Eight-hour day commemorative medallion TLF ID R3692 
  • 1864 Eight-hour day demonstration TLF ID R2799

• The relevance of the Eight-hour Day movement to today’s workers

Students examine the question: does the eight-hour day exist for modern workers? Students conduct a survey of their family members to record their main activities of a typical day. Students use their findings to present a vodcast examining work-life balance in the 21st century.

Other

• computers with audio capacity
• Microsoft Publisher
• Microsoft Excel
• digital camera(s) with video and audio capacity
• Video-editing software such as Windows Movie Maker.